Bar-Headed Geese

This podcast discusses the wonders of bar-headed geese, a species that migrates twice a year across the highest mountain range in the world – the Himalayas – flying at altitudes of up to 9,000 metres.

This podcast discusses the wonders of bar-headed geese, a species that migrates twice a year across the highest mountain range in the world – the Himalayas – flying at altitudes of up to 9,000 metres. When humans go up to this kind of altitude we can barely function. So what physiological mechanisms allow for the bar-headed goose to achieve this impressive feat?